The Crush

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When Dr. Rennie Newton is summoned to jury duty, she brings to the courtroom the same level of competence that she displays in the operating room. Her commitment to precision compels her to deliver a not guilty verdict in the murder case against notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada.

It will be the most regrettable decision in her life...because Rennie's trial with Lozada doesn't end with his acquittal.

Her carefully structured life begins to crumble when a rival colleague is brutally slain. Lozada's menacing shadow looms over the murder, but it's Rennie the investigators focus on as a prime suspect. The privacy she has cultivated and protected at all costs is violated by the police as well as Lozada. And when he begins an earnest courtship, it becomes terrifyingly clear that he is obsessed with having her.

Wick Threadgill is a detective on indefinite leave from the Fort Worth PD, who has his own, personal agenda for the contract killer. Temperamental, bitter, and driven by loyalty and love, Wick is determined to destroy Lozada.

In order to defeat Lozada -- and save their lives -- Rennie and Wick form an uneasy alliance. Mistrustful of each other, they know only one thing with absolute certainty, when this killer strikes, they won't see it coming.

The Crush will take you on a tortuous path through a twisted sociopath's eerie obsession, a haunted man fragile hopes for redemption, and a woman's heart as she struggles to face the greatest fear -- to open herself to love.

Selected Reviews

The Crush

by Margaret Rossi
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Crush

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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The Crush

Written by Margaret Rossi on November 7th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I really enjoyed this book! It is my first Sandra Brown book, & I will definitely be reading more of hers!

Crush

Written by Anonymous on January 8th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 3/5

This was a pretty good story. I think it could have used a little more excitement to it with the Lozada character and Renny. It needed something that would make you not want to put the book down (or turn it off) I would still read another she wrote.

Crush - Sandra Brown

Written by Sandra from Whitby, ON on December 19th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Very enjoyable -- a disc turner for sure! Would recommend for any fan of Sandra Brown.

Crush

Written by Anonymous on November 22nd, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Loved it. As usual, Sandra Brown did not disappoint me

The Crush

Written by Anonymous from Missouri City, TX on August 20th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This is one of my most favorite books. I actually bought it because I enjoyed so. I listen to it again and again. One of Sandra's best novels.

Crush

Written by Sharon Deaves from Mississauga, ON on May 24th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Sandra Brown always writes and good story that keeps you wanting more, and Crush did just that. Her charcter build-up is also done well, just gives you enough information about the person for the situation necessary and before you know it you know the person very well. I suggest that you read this one; another great audio by her is Envy.

Crush

Written by Karen Gleeson on May 9th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Outstanding! I'd never read or listened to Sandra Brown before. This is one of my favorites now. The characters reminded me a little of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon movies. I couldn't wait to get back in my car to listen.

The Crush

Written by Anonymous on February 28th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This is a great suspenseful story. A little predictable, but still kept me glued to my car seat!

Crush

Written by Anonymous on November 5th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Excellent book. True to Sandra Brown style. A little romance and a lot of suspense.

The Crush

Written by Van from Hampton, VA on October 17th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

The narrator was awesome. Tom Wopat did an outstanding job. Great story. It really draws you in. If you are listening on your way somewhere, you will have to park and listen a little more...you may even have to bring your CD player and bring it inside with you. I was popping in one CD after another...like an addict. Great job.

Selected Reviews

The Crush

by Margaret Rossi
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Crush

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Brown, Sandra

Sandra Brown is the author of fifty-six New York Times bestsellers, including PLAY DIRTY, which was released in August 2007 by Simon & Schuster. Her other recent bestsellers include Ricochet (2006), Chill Factor (2005), White Hot (2004), Hello, Darkness (2003), The Crush (2002), Envy (2001), The Switch (2000), The Alibi (1999), Unspeakable (1998) and Fat Tuesday (1997), all of which have jumped onto the Times bestseller list in the number one to five spot.

Brown began her writing career in 1981 and since then has published seventy novels, most of which remain in print. As of 1990, when Mirror Image made The New York Times bestseller list, each subsequent novel, including reprints of earlier books, have become Times bestsellers. In 1992 her novel French Silk was made into an ABC-TV movie. Brown now has seventy million copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated into thirty-three languages.

A lifelong Texan, Sandra Brown was born in Waco, grew up in Fort Worth and attended Texas Christian University, majoring in English. Before embarking on her writing career, she worked as a model at the Dallas Apparel Mart, and in television, including weathercasting for WFAA-TV in Dallas, and feature reporting on the nationally syndicated program “PM Magazine.” She is much in demand as a speaker and has appeared at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. and the Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX, as well as charity functions throughout the year. Court TV also sought Brown to host the 2007 premier of its popular series “Murder by the Book.”

Awards and commendations include the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature, the American Business Women’s Association’s Distinguished Circle of Success, B’nai B’rith’s Distinguished Literary Achievement Award, the A.C. Greene Award and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Sandra has also been named Thriller Master for 2008, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. In addition, Sandra is a member of Author’s Guild, Mystery Writers of America, Novelists, Inc., Literacy Partners, and a founding member of International Thriller Writers.

Sandra and her husband Michael Brown live in Arlington, Texas.